About John Willinsky John Willinsky is Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Empire of Words: The Reign of the OED and a developer of Open Journals Systems software. Books by John Willinsky Copyright's Broken Promise How to Restore the Law's Ability to Promote the Progress of Science by (author) John Willinsky The Educational Legacy of Romanticism edited by John Willinsky